In a recent study, volunteers who had 8 hours of sleep were three times more likely to answer correctly on a math test than those participants who were sleep-deprived. a. Which part of the study represents the descriptive branch of statistics? (2.5kta) b. Make an inference based on the results of the study.
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The descriptive branch of statistics involves summarizing or describing the data collected. In this study, the part that represents descriptive statistics is the observation that volunteers who had 8 hours of sleep were three times more likely to answer Show more…
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